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A 27-year-old female patient presented with a 3-month history of bilateral orbital and facial edema accompanied by skin erythema and heliotrope rash. The left lesion was more critical than the right. Limb muscles were occasionally sore. On physical examination, scattered hemorrhagic rashes were
Polymyositis-dermatomyositis is a rare systemic autoimmune disease which belongs to the class of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. The disease exhibits high inter-individual variability, but chronic myositis is a common feature. As different manifestations often appear in atypical forms,
OBJECTIVE
Polymyositis and dermatomyositis (PM/DM) are often complicated by interstitial pneumonitis (IP), which is an important cause of death. It has been reported that blood concentration of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), which is produced by a wide range of cells including
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the relationship between tumor related markers and the presence of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in dermatomyositis (DM) patients as well as potential serum markers for accompanied ILD.
METHODS
Fifty-nine DM patients were included,including 30 patents with ILD. Serum level
A 56 year old female developed combined hepatocellular cholangiocarcinoma associated with dermatomyositis. Serum tumour markers except for carbohydrate antigen (CA 19-9; 6400 ng/ml) were within normal range. Despite extensive chemotherapy, no clinical response was obtained and the patient's course
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To examine the clinical utility of tumor markers in dermatomyositis/polymyositis patients in Taiwan.
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Data were collected retrospectively from the database of Taichung Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan from 1998 to 2014. Patients who fulfilled Bohan and Peter criteria of
To evaluate the distribution of radiological characteristics stratified by different myositis-specific autoantibodies, identify prognostic value of high-resolution CT (HRCT) patterns in DM-associated interstitial lung disease (DM-ILD), and explore the possible mechanism associated with Questions of diagnostics and treatment of dermatomyositis-polymyositis in literature are contradictory character. They have scanty description of peculiarities of course of this pathology by men of young and certain age, and character of complications, connected with long ingestion of corticosteroid
Conversion surgery is an attractive strategy to improve the outcomes for locally advanced unresectable (UR-LA) pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The present case report, presents a case of successful conversion surgery following the treatment of a patient with UR-LA PDAC, suffering from
A large number of intellectually engaging and potentially serious neuromuscular diseases have been presented. The emergency medicine physician must be able to recognize those entities that have the potential to clinically deterioration. The evaluation of weakness requires a comprehensive,